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Even though a lot of time has passed when this incident happened but till date inspite of thinking a lot behind the declaration am yet to find a real valid reason that can justify such a move when your player is just 6 runs away from a double ton .
The Indian score was 565/5 when Yuvraj came to bat with Sachin and from there both shared a 110 runs partnership of just 18.4 overs at Run Rate of 5.89 but as soon as Yuvraj got dismissed the innings was declared .
Sachin obviously isnt a kind of batsman who would take 100 balls to score 6 runs , even his knock of 194 was played at a strike rate of 56 so why was the need to declare so soon ?
Would India have lost the match if Sachin had taken 2-3 more overs to score those runs ? How can an additional delay of 2-3 overs result into a teams loss ?
What do PPers think about the decision and do they think it was the right thing to do ?
It cant b called as an act of Team comes first since otherwise every captain would start declaring when other batsmen are on 99 * or 199* to show how much he cares about the team inspite of an additional 2-3 overs play making no significant effect on the end result .
There was also a similar case when Imran declared Miandad on 280 . I mean was there any need to show such desperation ? How would Miandad making an additional 20 runs going to have a negative impact on the end result of the match ?
IMO both the decisions were wrong and had more to do with ego battles and rifts between the individuals . Atleast Miandad-Imran were known to have lot of differences in many matters regarding the team unlike Dravid-Sachin rift which never had any concrete evidence .
The Indian score was 565/5 when Yuvraj came to bat with Sachin and from there both shared a 110 runs partnership of just 18.4 overs at Run Rate of 5.89 but as soon as Yuvraj got dismissed the innings was declared .
Sachin obviously isnt a kind of batsman who would take 100 balls to score 6 runs , even his knock of 194 was played at a strike rate of 56 so why was the need to declare so soon ?
Would India have lost the match if Sachin had taken 2-3 more overs to score those runs ? How can an additional delay of 2-3 overs result into a teams loss ?
What do PPers think about the decision and do they think it was the right thing to do ?
It cant b called as an act of Team comes first since otherwise every captain would start declaring when other batsmen are on 99 * or 199* to show how much he cares about the team inspite of an additional 2-3 overs play making no significant effect on the end result .
There was also a similar case when Imran declared Miandad on 280 . I mean was there any need to show such desperation ? How would Miandad making an additional 20 runs going to have a negative impact on the end result of the match ?
IMO both the decisions were wrong and had more to do with ego battles and rifts between the individuals . Atleast Miandad-Imran were known to have lot of differences in many matters regarding the team unlike Dravid-Sachin rift which never had any concrete evidence .
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